Lexical Definition

‎ἀγγεῖον‎ angeîon (ang-eye'-on) jar ^G:N-N
from (a pail, perhaps as bent

vessel.

• compare the base of ‎ἀγκάλη‎)
• a receptacle

Abbott-Smith

ἀγγεῖον, -ου, τό (< ἄγγος), [in LXX chiefly for כְּלִי;]
a vessel (v. MM, VGT, s.v.): Mt 25:4.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀγγεῖον,

Ionic dialect ἀγγήιον, τό, vessel for holding liquid or dry substances (τοῦτο.. ξηροῖς καὶ ὑγροῖς.. ἐργασθέν, ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιἇ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of metal, ἀργύρεα ἀ. silver jars or vases for water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀ. χαλκῷ mortar, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ξύλινα ἀ. tubs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; vessels for holding money, in a treasury, [Refs]; for masons' use, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀστράκινα ἀ. [LXX+5th c.BC+]; pails or buckets used by firemen, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; sacks of leather, θύλακοι καὶ ἄλλα ἀ.[LXX+5th c.BC+]; box for petitions, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

__2 receptacle, reservoir, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; bed of the sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 coffin, sarcophagus, [Refs]
__II of the human or animal body, vessel, cavity, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the veins, [Refs]; the female breast, [Refs]; afterbirth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of plants, capsule, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—later, the body itself, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Lam.4.2 ☩ LXX.Gen.42.25 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.25.18 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.9.7}